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Ninja Reveals Skin Cancer Diagnosis: ‘Still in a Bit of Shock’ but ‘Optimistic That We Caught It in the Early Stages’


Ninja, aka Tyler Blevins, the professional video gamer and most-followed Twitch streamer in the world, revealed he was diagnosed with skin cancer.

Ninja, the professional video game player and most-followed Twitch streamer in the world, revealed he was diagnosed with skin cancer. It came back as melanoma, but they are optimistic that we caught it in the early stages,” Ninja, whose real name is Tyler Blevins, wrote on X(formerly Twitter). He continued, “I had another dark spot appear near it, so today they biopsied that and removed a larger area around the melanoma with the hopes that under the microscope they will see clear non-melanoma edges and we will know we got it.

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